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Protecting wildlife and habitats

Conservation priorities, habitat protection and compensation around wildlife corridors. What people think, across 3 polls and 0 votes.

Opinion Sphere@opinionsphere · 2w

Fictional South Asian district: protecting an elephant corridor would limit building on some private land. Who should carry most of the financial cost?

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Coexistence with wildlife can carry local livelihood costs. This corridor and compensation plan are hypothetical; real plans need affected residents’ participation.

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Opinion Sphere@opinionsphere · 2w

A conservation fund can back research toward a genetic proxy for an extinct animal or a proven habitat project for a threatened living species. Budgets are equal. Which would you choose?

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A genetic proxy means a living organism engineered to resemble aspects of an extinct species. It is not the return of the original population.

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Opinion Sphere@opinionsphere · 2w

A bird is still common, but independent surveys show a steep continuing decline. Conservation funding is limited. When should it receive special protection?

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The North American passenger pigeon was once abundant; its last known member died in 1914. That warns against equating abundance with security, not against assessing each species on evidence.

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